Merchants pledge mutual effort at Washington dinner
An annual dinner of the Retail Merchants Association announced a unity resolution for Washington welfare and mutual commercial development. More than 140 merchants joined in a pledge to shop locally and support Washington, the capital, with emphasis on civic duty and regional growth. The Yellow Leg order was formed at the event, with numerous members listed.
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Yellow Dog Order
Washington
Rebel Merchants Association
Pc Andrewa
Wei Retatt Merchants of
Hietart Meirehants
Facor
Patrick’ VT Moran
Chamber of Commerce
E. C Brandlounge
Board of Trade
Wid Ron Andrews
Re‘ae’ Merchants Association
Kernis EB
Connell
Foo Soeenma
Bsteorge O'Conner
Arthur BK
Pierce
Merpants Association Kennet
Ik Po Nedzems
Avalear GC
Kertomin
Bird
Blachistone
William T. Hoyer Bott Brandenburg
D. Bf Vallaban
Tov Clements
Charles J Denis KE Connell
Fred Forrane
Harry Cunnot Daly
George S. de
E. Hebbard
J. Thilip Harmann
J. Howser
Richard J. Lamb
Ralph W. Lee
MW A Leese
W. Earl Leese
Linsenmeyer
A. Meaween
F William Mckenzie
Alfred Maser Woo Marche
Martin
Taude Milier
Pot. Moran
J. P. Palmer
D S Porter
Flows
Fish Rogers
Nathan Samuel
Leonard
RO Sphoreman
Charles Schwartz
Samuel Schwartz
Joseph I. Shipley
Joseph Sumoett
Jerry South
Gieorge
Spier
Stiles
G Joseph Sworayn
Wills Towles
South Trimble
LF Valentine
Theodore
Kandaren
Spencer van Horn
Warne Po Wilcox
J. C. Johnson Dies at 81 Former Washington Resident
J C Johnson, aged 81, a New Hampshire native and longtime Washington resident of over 50 years, died yesterday at his daughter’s home of pneumonia after an illness of about three weeks. A veteran of the Civil War, he worked in telegraphy and lived at 469 Penn Ave. He was active in Masonic bodies and related organizations. his wife Emma Johnson preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughter Mrs Cause.
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New Hampshire
Capital
Orsidie Tonunson
Washington
Dirs
Jolasor
Greenfield
Sassoteroi
I Wegraphy
Cain
Pennaia Avenue
New Jerusalem Lovine Wa
Hareka Royal Archharen No
Columbia Commandery
Rowents Templar
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Lincoln Post
William H Walton Dead at 76 in Washington
William H Walton, longtime Washington Post employee since 1900, died yesterday at George Washington University Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage following a stroke two weeks earlier. Born in Kayton Ohio, he moved from New York to Washington and served the Post for decades. Funeral Monday afternoon at Schipper's Undertaking. interment at Rock Creek Cemetery denied. sailbearers drawn from Columbia Typographical Union.
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Walliam
Walter
Washington
George Washngton University Hospital
Kayton
Ohio
New York
Schipper
Columbia Typographical Union
Rock Creek
Fae Post
Death of Mrs Viola I I Thomas Widow of Trof acrus Thomas
Mrs Viola II Thomas widow of Trof acrus Thomas, a noted scientist of the Bureau of American Ethnology, died at her home on Fifteenth Street Northwest aged 76. Former Frederick, Maryland resident, she supported charity and helped fund a local hospital. Survived by three daughters and several sons.
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Viola II Thomas
Trofacrus Thomas
Bureau of American Ethnology
Fifteenth Street
Thomas
Frederick
Wal
Feederichity Hospital
Board
Ristres
Harles Ro Sturtevant
Worcester
Maas Aliss
le Thomtse
Mire Charles & Grindle
Cna
Edward Walker Dies in Wal Salle Ontario Home
Edward Chandler Walker, known as sward handler Walker of Wal Salle Ontario, died suddenly at Lieut Col YW Brewster’s home on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. He accompanied his wife on a visit to Brewster’s, who is her sister. Death was due to indigestion. Funeral arrangements pending. Walker was the eldest son of the late Mary Weller, founder of the Kalkerss’le Justiiing Company, and succeeded The litter as president.
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Sward
Walker
Walsalle
Ontaro
YW Brewarter
Massachusetts
Aseuue
Herve
Brewster
Maren Weller
Kalkerss
Ana
Love and intrigue behind fall of Egypt's Khedive Abbas Hilmi
Read about secret plots tied to Abbas Hilmi the deposed Khedive of Egypt. A Vienna marriage to a baroness, then another Hungarian affair, catalyzed betrayal. The second wife fled with valuables and letters to Vienna, exposing the Khedive. The Cromer volume Abbas II is cited, noting attempts to thwart British policy and wartime aims.
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Abbas Hilmi
Egypt
Vienna
Koubben
Zebeidai Hanem
Mecca
Wasa
Cairo
Qaw White
Austria
Koubheh Palace
Alexandria
Lord Cromer
Abbas II
Abbas
British Win Town Line Sealed In Snowy Campaign
Petrograd reports a regrouped German force pressing toward Przasnysz as heavy fighting rages along the Narew and in the Carpathians. Weather favors movement, with newer Germans rushing rail routes to reinforce lines near Ossowetz and Mlawa, while Russians note local German retreat along the Niemen and intensified action on a widening front.
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Khorjele
Przasnysz
Alleh
Poland
Russia
Tomes
Sugustosy
Ossowetz Ain
Ossowetz
Pilen
Gorlitza
Oujok
Carpathians
Austrava
Stanislau
Army and Navy Changes of the Day
Leaves of absences and retirements announced for many officers across services. First Lieut Edgar T Cvild and Second Lieut John H Carruth among those leaving short terms, while Col Solomon W Rorssler retires after 41 years. Several officers detailed to examinations, postings to Fort Sam Houston Presidio of Monterey and Fort Bayard for duty and observation, with transfers and awaiting orders continuing through March and April.
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Edgar T. Cvild
Infantry
John H. Carruth
Corps of Engineers
Solomon W. Rorssler
Frank St Keefer
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Vier
Tere 8
Clayton
Salmon FL Dutton
Quartermmster Corps
Presidio
Monterey
Cal
Qhorge F. Connolly
Quartermaster Corps
Premdio
Monterer
Howard Llachach
General Staff
Fort Bayard
General Hospital
Atul Cretinent
John Ringman
Anl
Jown SS
Topge
Wars of Engineers
Washington Barracks
Henry
Jeweyt
Wildcel Willing
Charles E. Atlbouroe
Suast Artilere Corps
Chaylain Joseph C.K
Seventh Earthy
Fort Crockett
Manfred Lanza
Louisiana
Devi Campbell
Hodgins Fourth Infantry
Louisiang
New Orleans
Carpe of Engineers
Mar William OP. Woaten
Enguimers
Etamining
Harrison Brand, Jr
Movements of Naval Vessels and Ports Listed
A maritime notice catalogs ship movements and port arrivals including Jacema sailing from Fort ay Prince to Guan tanamo and nilxom from Newport to Hampton Roads. It records Belton from Boston to Newport, the ferry to Guantanamo, and multiple entries to Progresso San Diego Guantanamo and New York yard among others.
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Jacema
Fort Ay Prince
Guantanamo
Nilxom
Newport
Hampton Roads
Manther
Key West
Glaheester
New York City
New York Yard
Belton
Boston
Charleston
Monaghan
Parking
Sterett Ree
Preston
South
Rey Wert
Guancanamo
Cleveland
la Paz
Mazatlan
Dolphin
Washington
New York
Des Munes
Progresso
Annapolis
San Diego
Nashville
Port Au Princ
Gloucester
Philadelphia
Tacoma
Tinantaname
Raleigh
Maratlag
Vulina
Mediterranean
Tennessee
North Carolna
Balmuere
Rorfeld
Pensacola
Fla
German Captain Plans Dash to Sea After Sinkings
German commander Thierichens pledged no internment of his ship Eitel Friedrich and said repairs would render her seaworthy within days. Crews of British French and Russian vessels seized in the South Atlantic were released or landed as repairs proceeded at Newport News shipyard while papers and witness accounts detailed the dramatic engagements and near-misses with Allied ships.
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Rnch
Old Dominion
New York
England
Thierichens
Friedrich
Hamilton
Jit
Newport Newa
Tipperary
Nungader Thierichens
Prins Witel Vriedrich
South Atlantic Ocean
William P. Frye
Pring Witel
Washington
Frye
South Sea
Hastel Friedrich
Newport News
Hills Island
Customs House
The
Platte
A. F E. Dobbing
Mary Ada Short
Mariner
South China Sea
German Cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich Ordered From U S Waters
Newport News March 11 1916 Commander Thierichgen of the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich received formal demands from Norman R Hamilton collector of customs. The letter outlines that the ship must leave U S waters within 24 hours unless fuel stores repairs are needed and permits limited provisioning to finish voyage to a German port.
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Newport News
Thierichgen
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
United States
Norman R. Hamilton
Pring Hitel
Friedrich
Secretary of the Treasury
State Department
the Hague
Three Ships Sunk by Prinz Eitel in Pacific Victims Count
Newport News report notes three vessels sunk in the Pacific by the German raider Prinz Eitel during its voyages. Eleven crewmen are reported dead and the Charcas, an American owned steamer under British registry, is listed among the lost ships.
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Prinz Eitel
Pacific
Newport News
Atlantic
Thieriehsen
Tlamilten
Charcas
Litet
South Pacific
New York and Pacific
German View of the War in a New York Opinion Piece
In a March 2 front page analysis Herman Ridder discusses the January 23 sinking of the American ship William P Frye by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The piece weighs the Declaration of London rules on contraband foodstuffs, questions the legality of destroying a neutral cargo, and considers what England might have done in similar circumstances.
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New York
South Atlantic
William P. Frye
Seattle
Queenstown
Friedrich
Pbelligerenta
London
Germany
United States
Queens
German Empire
Wilhelmina
Witel Friedrich
Request for signed statement on ship destruction
Norman R. Hamilton, Collector of Customs, asks for a signed statement detailing the circumstances of the destruction of the ship William J. Frye or any other American vessel destroyed by the cited vessel to his command. Radio equipment in port for transmission purposes appears in the context.
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William J. Frye
Norman R. Hamilton
Grain on the Frye Bought While at Sea by a London Merchant
Portland March 1 Heatley and Co of London bought while in transit the grain on the American ship Willam P Frye which was sunk by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich according to Portland grain dealer Max VI Korser who loaded the cargo at Seattle The transfer happened before the Frye was sunk and the shippers are not affected by the loss The cargo was fully insured.
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Portland
Oreg
Heatley & Co
London
Willam P. Frye
Prinz Entel Friedrich
Max VI Korser
Seattle
Plunges To Death In Chicago Building
A man described as Wis mouth, gagged with a handkerchief, leaped from the sixteenth floor of the Railway Exchange building on Jackson boulevard at 7 o'clock. His pockets were empty, his body fell into an alley near the Wellington Hotel. A clerk in the Railway Exchange office was nearby.
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Chicago
F. ©. White
Railway Exchange
Jackson Boulevard
Wismouth
Wellington Hotel
White
Police News Notes and Local Incidents
In a city report, John E K Paterson a 42 year old inmate at the Soldiers Home suffered locoma or ataxia at Ninth and Q north west and was moved to Freedman Hospital then back to the Soldiers Home. Mrs F Donaldson reports a forty dollar fur muff stolen from the Toronto apartment. Stanley Wrenn 24 reported missing from 612 Enghith street northeast since Tuesday. Varlistie Canfield of 642 Street northeast knocked down by a car driven by Albert M Briggs at 11th and 12th streets NW, sustaining head and hand injuries. A fire started by children with matches at Max Norman’s home caused minor damage. Milburn Hester Co architects plan a new five story office building for the Potomac Electric Power Co at Fourteenth and B NW, brick and stone, about 24000. Bids to be sought in 36 days.
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John EK. Paterson
Solders’ Home
Ninth
Q Streets
Freetimens Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
Varlisie Canfield
Dears Old
Albert M Briggs
Center Market
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J. C. Johnson
William H. Walton
City
Post
L. Thomas
Edward Chandler Walker
Tra
Archive
Lord Saomer
Wen
Korte
Mlawa
Praasnysz
ARMY
NAVAL
W. CC. Cole
Qelena
Howe
BR Junkin
South Wellsfleet
Mass
Fulton
H.C. Curl
West Virginia
Maryland
J. T. Manchester
Marylatte
JC. Parham
St. Louis
Pth
Samonski
Naval Tor Pelo Station
I. C
Pore Maver Shipbuilding Company
Nevada
Commissane Funder SC Washington
North Dakota
Ganeer
Magvnelulg
E. W. Bliss Company
Hrowabtya
Noy
Will
Culle
Washington Tomorow
Collector Hamlton
Kiehne
Une
Pring Effel
Frank
Robert Regee
Comdr
Pring Eitel
J. Wedgewood
Willerby
Capt. Wedgewood
King
U. S
United States Post Office
Staats-Zeitung
Great Britain
Teto
Britain
Hitel Friedrich
Herman Ridder
Gidding & Ci
Fifth Avenue
46Th
H Street
N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Rodier
Paris
Oqaty
Police
F . Donaldson
Toronto
Stanley Wrenn
Enghith Street
Max Norman
the Post
Trner Mall
Washington Post
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